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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Island Communities (5 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 49. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 91 of 26 September 2023, for a status update on the transfer to her Department of land on Inishbofin on which the airstrip is situated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10401/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Island Communities (5 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: My question relates specifically to islands, this time Inishbofin, and the rigmarole that has taken place for almost 20 years as the islanders wait for a health centre. I ask for an update on the transfer of land so that we can give them a definite answer on when an essential piece of infrastructure for this island will be provided.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Island Communities (5 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Does the Minister have any date for completion of the project? Will the Department have any role in the primary care centre or is that strictly the Health Service Executive? Will there be matching funding? Let me try to give a tiny bit of background. This has been going on for 20 years. According to the 2022 census, Inishbofin had 188 inhabitants, which, luckily, was an increase. A...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Island Communities (5 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I would appreciate it if the Minister could give me an approximate date for the transfer of the land. The national primary care island services review, in itself, was a work of art, first, in getting it done and then in trying to get the report. A number of TDs asked for that. We are talking about a basic health centre, a primary care strategy and a policy for the islands. That is why...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Island Communities (5 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: It is definitely positive but I will come back to the utter failure to progress the health centre on Inishbofin and the simple transfer of land that is no longer simple and is taking years. We know the population of the islands has decreased in comparison to the Scottish islands, where there has been an increase in population. The Scots have a strong policy for the islands based in...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Island Communities (5 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 45. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 97 of 30 January 2024, the status of the monitoring committee for the implementation of the new policy for the islands; the dates of all meetings to date; the date of the next meeting; her plans to publish the minutes of the meetings of the committee; and if she will make a statement on the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Island Communities (5 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Baineann mo cheist le polasaí na n-oileán agus an coiste faoi leith atá ann chun monatóireacht a dhéanamh ar na céimeanna atá sa pholasaí sin agus iad a chur chun cinn. I know the Minister has followed up on this in respect of the policy she published for the islands after a long time, and I thank her for that. The first task force was set up in 1996...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Island Communities (5 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome the fact that the minutes will be published. That is a good exercise in openness and accountability. We have waited so long for the policy for the islands, since 1996, and there have been many false starts. The implementation of that policy is the key. Are two meetings a year enough? I understand from the terms of reference that the monitoring committee will meet twice a year....

Supporting People with Disabilities and Carers: Motion [Private Members] (5 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I always start by thanking Sinn Féin for bringing forward a motion and I do so again tonight. I am also grateful for the opportunity to speak. However, my gratitude stops there because the elephant in the room is being ignored. Many TDs and the Ministers have spoken about the upcoming referendum, which is taking out two parts of Article 41 and replacing it with an entirely new article...

Supporting People with Disabilities and Carers: Motion [Private Members] (5 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Teachtaireacht ón Seanad - Message from Seanad (5 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Seanad Éireann has passed the Criminal Justice (Engagement of Children in Criminal Activity) Bill 2023 without amendment.

International Women's Day: Statements (5 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome the opportunity to take part in this debate, and that the Minister is still here. I welcome his written speech, and he has set out various issues I hope I will get a chance to look at, including equality in the workplace, carers, children, etc. Then he goes on to use this opportunity to say yes, yes for the referendums. I might come back to that. This is my eighth year doing...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I still have three contributors. An Teachta Ó Murchú is next.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I am sorry for interrupting, but we are way over time.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: There are seven contributors who will have one minute each.

Prohibition of Fossil Fuel Advertising Bill 2024: First Stage (5 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Is the Bill opposed?

Prohibition of Fossil Fuel Advertising Bill 2024: First Stage (5 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Since this is a Private Members' Bill, Second Stage must, under Standing Orders, be taken in Private Members' time.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: There will be seven contributors who will have up to one minute each, starting with Deputy Ó Murchú.

Law Reform (Contracts) Bill 2024: First Stage (5 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Is the Bill being opposed?

Law Reform (Contracts) Bill 2024: First Stage (5 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Since this is a Private Members' Bill, Second Stage must, under Standing Orders, be taken in Private Members' time.